>> from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading the way. this is wlwt news 5 at noon. [captioning made possible by wlwt-tv] mark: tragedy for a local community. a body found after an overnight fire in mason. what we' ve learned about the victim and fire, now under investigation. lisa: plus, a local deputy' s cruiser struck, while he was trying to make a stop. the condition of the deputy after the early morning crash. mark: but first, a threat made against a local school -- so concerning, administrators decided to close. the effort to keep student and teachers safe today. good afternoon, i'

s wasn' t the weather that students home today. mark: dayton independent school officials made the decision after receiving a threat. wlwt news 5' s brian hamrick is live with this developing story. ryan: good afternoon, mark. they just located the person that made that threat -- brian: good afternoon, mark. that made that threat. superintendent here did not want to open the doors to school. of a safety risk. re told the suspect is a s about as ll the bomb threat against dayton schools was posted on social investigators were searching for the juvenile since then. when the person couldn' t be found, the superintendent felt the safest thing to do was to close school for the day. it affects the preschool, elementary, middle school and high school, about 1000 students in total. s

jay brewer: it' s a balance of taking the threat seriously and s not an it' s harder than calling a snow day, let me tell you that. brian: there was a girls tonight -- senior night for the girls, their opponents coming up from lexington. they had to cancel that. this all has a ripple effect , infecting more than just the the parents. reporting live brian hamrick, , wlwt news 5. lisa: brian, thank you. the snow and fog has moved out, but the clouds are sticking around. miriah turner, good afternoon. miriah: a dense fog advisory and winter weather advisory we have this morning, those of expired. the snow off to the east has pushed out, you can see low-pressure moving in from our west. that scoots off to the south. we' re looking at staying dry

taking a closer look at the radar, a few side flurries near blanchester. those eastern side community is otherwise it saw snow totals this morning, west union got about two inches. wilmington an inch. we saw this morning in regards to the fog it, taking a look outside the news 5 camera studios, you can see how the fog was in the area and slowly lifted throughout the morning to now. cloudy skies and gloomy. we take a closer look at the afternoon forecast, coming up. lisa: many neighborhood east of the city woke up to another layer of snow. brown and adams counties even had to declare level two snow emergencies. mark: the one in brown county has since been dropped. wlwt news 5' s andrew setters has the impact of the winter weather. andrew: the level of frustration this morning depended on where you were driving. i-75 to the west history area was in pretty good shape. areas that saw more snow were

it was enough snow to leave drivers slipping and sliding. known was heard in this fender bender, but it was a serious enough crash to slow people down on the way to work. -- no one was hurt in this fender bender. whether you are plowing an entire parking lot or just try to clear off your driveway, things today. not harder. it didn' >> takes me about 20 minutes. andrew: alan did it used to take you? >> about an hour. andrew: he will be trading white tests for white sand beaches. >> are going to florida. i' m going to wait by an airplane. lisa: you can get the latest on winter weather by downloading our wlwt app. you' ll get updated forecasts, and severe weather alerts, sent right to your mobile device.

tragically leaves one person we' a woman. wlwt news 5' s dan griffin has been leading the way on this story throughout the morning, and has the latest. dan, good afternoon. dan: good afternoon. woman. that' neighbors and a family friend. t really elaborating on it -- t elaborating. it' s not clear where the fire started, but you can certainly see word spread. this is video from this morning. heavy smoke billowed from the home as fire crews handled the fire. passerbys and several neighbors frantically called 911 at about 2:00 this morning as they say big flames shot out of the home. fire crews arrived minutes later. mason' s fire chief tells us the victim was found in bed in a back bedroom. we' re told there were no other s unclear if there were working smoke detectors. neighbors tell us they saw the big flames. according to 911 calls we obtained, some even banged on

inside. meanwhile, others hoped and prayed no one was in the home. emmanul espinova: when i wake up, there was big smoke, i mean huge, when they open in the front, the big flame coming out, so they put more water to took it down. herb edmonds: makes you pause and reflect on how you know, just how quick things can happen. the cause of the fire is unknown at this point. -- dan the cause of the fire is : unknown at this point. neighbors and a woman who identified herself as a family friend told us an elderly woman lives in this home. she says that used to spend holidays together, she was certainly heartbroken and very tearful about all of this. meanwhile, fire investigators are not confirming any of this information at this point about the victim. they tell us they' re working on reports, just spoke with one of them a few minutes ago. update for you later tonight. for now live in mason, dan , griffin, wlwt news 5. lisa: we are still waiting on the cause of a deadly fire in springfield township.

too intense to rescue a man inside a home on timbermill court. after the fire was out, firefighters found the man near the kitchen. we are told the fire might have started in an enclosed patio -- the homeowner kept pets in there, with space heaters running. neighbors also tell us, the man was a hoarder. mark: a hamilton county deputy is okay after his cruiser was hit by a car overnight. the deputy was conducting a traffic stop and was putting the cruiser, when a vehicle struck his cruiser in the 4400 block of beechmont avenue. this is near lunken aiport. s side door of the amazingly no one was hurt. the driver who hit the cruiser was given a citation. lisa: we are learning more about a deadly crash in pendleton county, and the efforts to save a man' s life. 28-year-old david erskine was killed last week, driving on kentucky 17. he hit a semi truck, and flames engulfed his truck. another driver says he was

the wreckage and turned around to help. bobby johnson: we pulled him out to right about there and i couldn' t see what was holding him, i don' t know if seat belt had him across the lap or the dash had him pinned, i don' t know what happened. lisa: erskine did not survive. the 28-year-old was a volunteer at seven hills church. they tell us, erskine and his wife worked with the small groups ministry and had become active members about a year ago. mark: there is now a person of interest connected to the death of a middletown mother. the 37-year-old man was arrested on unrelated charges, and so brittany russell' s death. russell was found shot to death in her car last week in dayton. her six month old baby was in the back seat, unharmed. right now, investigators are not saying much, about the possible connection, with this person of the 37-year-old will be arraigned on drug charges later today. lisa: there was a hearing today for a lawsuit involving a student suspended at saint gabriel school in glendale. the student' s parents are suing the school, after he was

female student. the parents say, it was a staring contest, but the school the family' s attorney told the court the punishment was issued the school' s attorney says the principal and not the courts should decide the punishment. reviewing today' s arguments. s city club is leading a discussion on the black lives it' s part of a city conversations series. at the event, christina brown, a local social justice activist and community educator, will share her experiences with the black lives matter movement in cincinnati. the event begins at 7:00 tonight, at the first unitarian church on linton street. lisa: there were more than 1100 cases of hepatitis c in northern kentucky in 2015. now the health department is taking steps to stop the outbreak. they are now offering hepatitis c testing at health centers in boone, campbell, grant and kenton counties. grant county is also starting a syringe access exchange program.

from ohio, is now working on legislation to address lead concerns in water, sooner. the announcement follows ohio' s epa calling for a federal overhaul. senator brown says he wants to speed up community notification and the response cities have to take. current u.s. standards, require you to be notified, within 60 days of high lead readings. lisa: the campaign trail is heating up. mark: how donald trump could be taking his fight with ted cruz to the next level. and the tough issues john kasich is tackling during his town hall in michigan. lisa: a swarm of tornadoes hammered the south. we take a look of the damage, and the effort to save a woman trapped in the degree -- in the debris. s, into the overnight, dropping below freezing once again. we take a look at when we see

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>> you' re watching cincinnati' s wlwt news 5. leading the way. lisa: united states and cuba have signed the aviation pact. service between the u.s. and cuba for the first time in more than 50 years. u.s. airlines still have to apply for permission from u.s.

to cuba. turning to the latest in the ongoing conversation about the supreme court. his pick to replace justice antonin scalia as soon as next week. mark: one of the main issues, for the next president to make the pick. but democrats say it should be some names that have been floated -- attorney general loretta lynch and homeland security chief jay johnson, as well as several federal judges. turning to commitment 2016. donald trump is threatening a lawsuit against rival candidate, ted cruz. trump is campaigning in south carolina, and he is demanding an apology from cruz. trump called cruz a "liar" a number of times during his campaign events on monday. he claims, the cruz campaign is making commercials that are misleading, and if cruz does not apologize, he' ll sue. trump says, since cruz was born in canada, he' s not eligible to

s a very unstable guy and i must tell you one thing about ted cruz that i can say only to a the other politicians, i haven' t i' ve been in it since june 16, but i will tell you i have never ever, ever met a person that lies more than ted cruz and we' re not in grade school where you just get to say liar, liar pants on fire and not respond to the substance. mark: ohio governor john kasich carolina. he is heading south today, after michigan. this morning he talked about how to fix several issues, including the national debt. it' s the quality of the leader that gets everyone to do better.

of them. sir, that' fixed. mark: the michigan primary, is three weeks away. south carolina voters will head to the polls on saturday, for lisa: the democrats are focusing on nevada, with the democratic hillary clinton made several stops on monday, trying to pull took his campaign to michigan. according to a survey by the washington free beacon, clinton is even with sanders in nevada, with just five days to go. our commitment 2016 coverage, continues online. check out the wlwt mobile app, for the latest headlines from the campaign trail. mark: new video shows first responders and volunteers in florida, pulling a 94-year-old woman from the debris of her damaged home. this area was hit by a tornado on monday, and the woman was trapped. she is expected to survive. strong storms also blew through tearing up trees and power lines, high wind gusts causing collapse.

it was shaking, where window busted. i saw it coming at me, it was scary. residents across mississippi were hit by twisters as well, the severe weather to high school during class. damage, no one was hurt. miriah: we saw down south. cloudy and gloomy conditions, a into tomorrow. we do have a warm up on the way. that is some thing to look forward to as we head into the end of the week. temperatures today still staying fairly cool, this low pressure has pushed off to the east. we saw behind it snow showers to the easternmost counties this morning. and a dense fog advisory along with that winter weather advisory has all expired. what we are seeing this afternoon' s conditions, gloomy conditions, but we will see changes as we head towards the end of the week or it low pressure scoots off to the south, we are looking at staying dry. the next chance for a sprinkle will be tomorrow evening with this system starting to sink

us a sprinkle in terms of a drizzle or a flurry, because temperatures will be right around the freezing point. high-pressure moving in will give a sunshine to end the week. it' through the weekend as well. looking at a winter weekend friday and saturday, gorgeous. re seeing snow showers pushing off to the east, this to the south and west. again, taking a closer look at home. the remaining flurries have for the most part dissipated. we' re looking at staying cloudy and dry this afternoon. those gloomy conditions will be persisting as well. temperatures having read above freezing, 33 degrees at cvg. 32 and springboro, 31 in wilmington. in ellington, 36, 37. that' s the warmest spots on the map as well as batesville, indiana at 36. we do have a slight wind chill with window the west is six miles an hour, making it feel like 20 degrees at cvg. take a look outside, it' s all gloomy, that' s when we the story

cloudy conditions, we make it s. cloud sticking with us or the overnight. it still going to drop into the s. your wednesday morning. persisting. it wants to show the chance for a sprinkle, we stay dry today. tomorrow with that disturbance, the chance for a sprinkle in the evening hours, at 7:00, this could be a sprinkle in terms of a drizzle or a flurry with freezing point tomorrow evening. as we head into thursday, this is the morning hours, this clouds begin to clear out and we' re looking at sunshine and warm up on the way. today, expect 38 degrees for the high, cloudy and the wind is relatively cold. overnight tonight, dropping down to 28 degrees with clouds still sticking around. tomorrow, the same story, still cloudy, 37. the chance for a passing sprinkle or flurry tomorrow evening, and then taking a look at the rest of the seven-day forecast, 44 degrees by thursday' s when we finally see the sunshine. the warm-up continues come into the 50'

a little bit of a breeze, but an breeze. saturday, 60 degrees, partly cloudy skies. into sunday, that' shakeup little bit. we see a few s and back into the 40' s on monday. all in all, three days of s, 50' the end of the week. lisa: it' s tax season, which means big refunds are on the minds of not only you, but also identity thieves. mark: wlwt news 5' s sheree paolello has an example of how the crime is so widespread. it can happen to anyone. sheree: thousands of people will tax refund fraud this year. the irs says thieves use stolen personal information and file t ve been victimized until their legitimate returns are rejected. jennifer jenkins: identity theft cases can be among the most challenging types of tax fraud for us to handle. and we understand it is very sheree: think it can'

you? think again. one of the victims in greater cincinnati, is our own investigative reporter todd dykes. ll share what happened to him. plus see what it takes to fight back. and get advice on how you can you' that' s tonight on wlwt news 5 at 6:00. mark: andy dalton is having a offseason. bengals quarterback has been s using social media to solve the problem. night at music' s biggest night. the big winners and controversial moments from the grammy awards. you'

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[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] mark: welcome back. before we go the 58th annual , grammy awards honors the best of the best in music, and had a number of tributes. lisa: the most notable tribute was for music legend david bowie. pop-star lady gaga received the honor of performing some of his greatest hits. there were other performances celebrating the careers of blues legend b-b king, and eagles member glenn frey. all three died within the last year. mark: rapper kendrick lamar kicked off the night, winning the grammy for best rap album for "to pimp a butterfly."

blacker the berry". lisa: there was some drama surrounding the album of the year, which went to taylor swift, for "1989." many felt she was referencing kanye west, when she accepted the award. kanye west claimed in one of his new songs, that he made swift famous. taylor swift: there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success, and that will be the greatest feeling in the world. lisa: other big wins last night, ' uptown funk' took home the award for best record. meghan trainor took home best

>> give me a memory i can use. mark: aslo trending from the grammys, audio issues during a performance by adele. adele herself cleared up the mystery after the show tweeting the mics on the piano fell onto the strings, which made it sound out of tune. the singer went on to say "because of it though, i' m treating myself to an in n out burger. so maybe it was worth it." mark: i would do it. lisa: andy dalton might want to throw a gps tracker in his luggage. last week, dalton created the twitter hashtag "bag search 2016," after his luggage fell off the bed of his truck. he got his bags back. dalton posted this picture, saying "the power of social media is real." but he only got to enjoy those bags a few days. last night dalton tweeted "bag s your

unbelievable." well, american came through. this morning, dalton tweeted, the bags have been found and are supposed to be getting back to us today. mark: let someone else carry the bags. miriah: i think about what i was on flights from dallas to cvg, he was sitting behind me any got my bags for me. looking at cloudy conditions, getting into the upper 30' s. tomorrow, much of the same, passing sparkle possible in the evening and then sunshine and 60' s later on this evening.

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